WDUX-FM
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WDUX-FM is a radio station
broadcasting a Hot Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Waupaca, Wisconsin
, USA. The station is currently owned by Laird Broadcasting Company, Inc. and features programing from ABC Radio and Westwood One
.
At the beginning, the station ran an automated easy listening format, then simulcasted the AM, but in 1987, the AM side began broadcasting an automated country music format, using the monikers "Real Country AM 800 WDUX", & "DUX 'ducks' Country AM 800", while the FM side continued its contemporary music format.
Unlike many small town stations, "FM 92.7" uses live & local personalities, opposed to syndicated satellite programming, using Voice Tracking some evening and weekend hours, The FM also carries local sports broadcasts, along with Green Bay Packer Football, Milwaukee Brewer Baseball, Milwaukee Bucks Basketball, and Badger Football and Basketball. Both stations carry ABC Radio newscasts & features. WDUX became an affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network in 1989 after New London radio station WNBK changed its call letters to WOZZ and moved its studios to Appleton, Wisconsin.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting a Hot Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Waupaca, Wisconsin
Waupaca, Wisconsin
Waupaca is a city in Waupaca County in the state of Wisconsin. The population was 5,676 at the 2000 census. The city is believed to be named after Sam Waupaca of the Potowatomi tribe....
, USA. The station is currently owned by Laird Broadcasting Company, Inc. and features programing from ABC Radio and Westwood One
Westwood One
Westwood One was an American radio network and was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation, and Viacom and was later purchased by the private equity firm The Gores Group...
.
History
WDUX began as a stand-alone AM radio station in 1956 at 800 kHz on the AM dial. Its FM side, 92.7 WDUX-FM began broadcasting in January 1967. WDUX used the moniker, "Mid-Wisconsin's Hit Music Station." In the early part of the 1980s, it also featured a locally produced jazz show at night.At the beginning, the station ran an automated easy listening format, then simulcasted the AM, but in 1987, the AM side began broadcasting an automated country music format, using the monikers "Real Country AM 800 WDUX", & "DUX 'ducks' Country AM 800", while the FM side continued its contemporary music format.
Unlike many small town stations, "FM 92.7" uses live & local personalities, opposed to syndicated satellite programming, using Voice Tracking some evening and weekend hours, The FM also carries local sports broadcasts, along with Green Bay Packer Football, Milwaukee Brewer Baseball, Milwaukee Bucks Basketball, and Badger Football and Basketball. Both stations carry ABC Radio newscasts & features. WDUX became an affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network in 1989 after New London radio station WNBK changed its call letters to WOZZ and moved its studios to Appleton, Wisconsin.